晚餐上的每个人都笑而不语，我想这不过是出于礼貌。但我看我那个倒霉老婆还并没有明白别人问他的是我的个人品性，可不是什么功利目的。

Everyone at the dinner table smiled, out of politeness I think, but I think my poor wife simply didn't realise that she she was being asked for human qualities, not pragmatic ones.

youdao

你是英国人吗？不，我不是。我是俄罗斯人。

Are you English? No, I'm not. I am Russian.

youdao

你是一个老师吗？不，我不是。我是一个医生。

Are you a teacher? No, I'm not. I'm a doctor.

youdao

This was very big in an ad campaign at least last year, I'm not sure if it still is, with the little butterfly.

它的广告宣传做得很大，至少在去年是这样的，我不确定它现在还是不是，它这里有一个小蝴蝶。

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But that seems very hard to believe ? I mean, when I'm dead, I don't exist, right?

但那又似乎太难以让人信服了,我是说，当我死了的时候，我不存在，不是吗？

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.. I don't think it would be morally justifiable but I'm wondering if - Even then, even then it wouldn't be? - No.

我认为这在道德上是不正当的，但我在想-,即使那样也不是正当的，-对。

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